Discrete

Definition: Discrete

Discrete

Adjective

1. Constituting a separate entity or part; "a government with three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions".

Date "discrete" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Domain	Definition
Aerospace	Composed of distinct or discontinuous elements. (references)
Computing	Pertaining to data represented by distinct elements such as characters, or to physical quantities having distinctly recognizable values. Source: European Union. (references)
Health	Made up of separate parts or characterized by lesions which do not become blended; not running together; separate. (references)
Mathematics	Of a parameter or random variable that may take only a particular set of values within a range, e. g. integral values. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The word discrete comes from the latin word discretus which means separate. It is used with different meanings in different contexts:

In perception a discrete entity is something that can be percepted individually and not as connected to, or part of something else.
In mathematics a discrete set is a countable or countably infinite, with a cardinality less than or equal to (See Aleph). (Including integers.) Mathematical study of discrete sets is the area of inquiry for discrete mathematics, but also important for combinatorics, probability theory and statistical theory.
In mathematics, a discrete space is a topological space in which all sets are open.
In electrical engineering, discrete means having separate electronic components, such as individual resistors and inductors �" the opposite of integrated circuitry.
In audio engineering, discrete means having separate and independent channels of audio, as opposed to multiplexed stereo or quadrophonic, or other multi-channel sound.

Discrete is not the same thing as discreet.

Discrete random variable

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A random variable is discrete if the set of all possible values that it can assume is finite or countably infinite.

The probability that a discrete random variable will take any particular value is given by the probability mass function.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
DIC	English	Discrete Integrated Circuit	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonym: Discrete

Synonym: distinct (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Discontinuity	Adjective: discontinuous, unsuccessive, broken, interrupted, dicousu; disconnected, unconnected; discrete, disjunctive; fitful; (irregular); spasmodic, desultory; intermitting, occasional; Verb:, intermittent; alternate; recurrent; (periodic).
Disjunction	Adjective: disjoined; Verb: discontinuous; abstract; disjunctive; secant; isolated; Verb: insular, separate, disparate, discrete, apart, asunder, far between, loose, free; unattached, unannexed, unassociated, unconnected; distinct; adrift; straggling; rift, reft.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Title
Books	2000 Solved Problems in Discrete Mathematics (reference) Discrete Chaos (reference) Discrete Mathematics and its Applications (reference) Essence of Discrete Mathematics (reference) Genetic Data Analysis 2: Methods for Discrete Population Genetic Data (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Discrete & Computational Geometry (reference) Discrete And Continuous Dynamical Systems (reference) Discrete Mathematics And Theoretical Computer Science (reference) Dynamics Of Continuous Discrete And Impulsive Systems Series A: Mathematical Analysis (reference) Siam Journal On Discrete Mathematics (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	La Discrete (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		There actually are several discrete diseases under this category, and a number of foods that can cause these problems. (references)
		The best candidates for such surgery are young men with discrete blockage of an artery because of an injury to the crotch area or fracture of the pelvis. (references)
		Some recurrent affective disorders have courses of illness marked by discrete episodes with minimal or no symptoms or impairment in social functioning in the intervals between episodes. (references)
Economic History	Indonesia	Generally, however, large conglomerates establish discrete company units that tend to specialize around a product range. (references)
	Zimbabwe	While direct sales are possible without local representation, this tends to occur on discrete projects, often with World Bank or other international financing. (references)
	Hungary	The following eight broad service areas represent expanding or new market opportunities for U.S. firms, with numerous discrete sub-sectors included: (1) Travel and Tourism Services+ADs- (2) ACE - Architecture/Construction/Engineering Services+ADs- (3) Franchising+ADs- (4) Financial Services+ADs- (5) Telecommunications Services+ADs- (6) Internet Services+ADs- (7) Environmental Services - Pollution Control+ADs- and (8) Education and Training Services. (references)
Political Economy	JAPAN	In addition, new carriers' difficulty in gaining access to facilities and land to build their networks, government restrictions on combining owned and leased facilities in creating a network, and the lack of access to discrete portions of the local dominant carriers' network at reasonable costs have slowed and raised the costs of new carriers' entrance. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Discrete" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Discrete" is used about 493 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	493	12,167

Expressions using "discrete": discrete cosine transform ♦ discrete data ♦ discrete Fourier transform ♦ Discrete movement ♦ discrete Pareto distribution ♦ discrete preorder ♦ Discrete proportion ♦ Discrete quantity ♦ Discrete Subaortic Stenosis ♦ discrete type ♦ discrete type III distribution ♦ discrete word intelligibility. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "discrete": spatially-discrete, super-discrete.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "discrete"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		beskeie (moderate, modest, reasonable). (various references)

Albanian		prej pjesësh të veçanta, i veçantë (characteristic, detached, distinct, distinctive, especial, exceptional, exclusive, extra, extra special, individual, odd, of one's own, off, particular, particularized, peculiar, pet, queer, racy, rare, separate, single, sole, special, specific, uncommon), i pavazhduar, i dallueshëm (discernible, distinct, distinctive, distinguishable, evident, observable, obvious, visible, well-marked). (various references)

Arabic		‏منفصل (detached, insular, separated, unattached), ‏متفرد, ‏متميز (discriminating, distinct, distinguished, elegance, eminence, featured, genteel, peculiar, separate, special), ‏غير مترابط (abrupt, disconnected, discontinuous, incoherent, inconsequent, ragged, rambling, scrappy). (various references)

Bulgarian		разнороден (assorted, heterogeneous, manifold, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, promiscuous, raggle-taggle, scratch), отвлечен (abstract, abstracted, abstractive, kidnaped, metaphysical, noetic, notional, profound, raped, recondite), отделен (detached, disjunct, distinct, divided, independent, individual, insular, lone, odd, particular, self contained, separate, several, single, singular, solitary, stray, unattached), обособен (detached, separate, single, specialized), несвързан (confused, delirious, desultory, disconnected, discontinuous, disjointed, incoherent, inconsequent, irrelative, loose, rambling, rhapsodic, scrappy, unconnected, unrelated), абстрактен (abstract, abstractive, academic, academical, noetic, transcendental). (various references)

Chinese		分离 (Disjunctive, segregate, segregated, Segregating, separated, Separating, separation). (various references)

Czech		oddìlený (detached, separate, sequestered). (various references)

Danish		diskontinuert (discontinuous), beskeden (modest). (various references)

Dutch		discreet (modest), onopvallend, bescheiden (moderate, modest, modestly, reasonable). (various references)

Esperanto		diskreta. (various references)

Faeroese		stillfarandi. (various references)

Farsi		مجزاکردن (Disassemble, Drawoff, Insulate, Isle, Isolate, Knockdown, Seclude), مجزا (Apart, Ditinct, Knockdown, Separable), مجرد (Absolute, Abstract, Bachelor, Immaterial, Lone, Single, Solitary), جدا (Another, Apart, Asunder, Disjoin, Segregate, Separate, Several). (various references)

Finnish		diskreetti (discontinuous), tahdikas (discreet, tactful). (various references)

French		discret (discreet). (various references)

German		diskret (confidential, discreet, discreetly, discretely), einzeln (apart, apartly, detailed, individual, individually, lone, odd, particular, scattered, separate, separated, separately, severally, single, singly, solitary, special). (various references)

Greek		χωριστόσ (separate, single), ασυνεχής,διακριτός (discontinuous), διακριτικός (discreet), διακεκριμένοσ (conspicuous, distinguished, prominent), διακεκριμένος (preeminent, prominent). (various references)

Hebrew		� ב�"ל (different, distinct, isolated, separate). (various references)

Hungarian		különálló (apart, detached, disjoint, dividual, loose, offset, particular, separate, special), egyedi (individual, non-series, special, unique), diszkrét (discreet, quiet, secret, tactful, unobtrusive). (various references)

Icelandic		hógvær (modest). (various references)

Italian		discreto (decent, discreet, fair, fairly good, moderate, tolerable, unobtrusive), separato (apart, detached, disconnectedly, disjoined, particular, separate, single, special). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		細心 (careful, prudent, scrupulous), ディーゼル電気車 (daemon, daily news, day, day and date, day bed, day pack, day'n'date, dealer, debate, debug, debugger, decay, decentralization, deduction, deep, deep kiss, default, defender, Defender Plan, defense, definition, delay, delayed steal, delay-line, demand-pull inflation, deoxyribo, depletion, deregulation, deschooling, describe, descriptor, destination, destructor, detail, detector, Deus, developer, device, dictionary, dieldrin, diesel electric car, differential gear, differentiation, diffusion index, digital, digital camera, digital voltmeter, dilettante, dilettantism, dimension, diminuendo, dimple, dinghy, dinner, dinner dress, dinner jacket, dinner party, dinner set, dinner suit, dip, diploma, director, directory, disc jockey, disclosure, Discman, disco, disco sound, discography, disconnect, discontinue, discotheque, discount, discount sale, discount store, discover, discoverer, discussion, disinflation, disk, disk brake, disk jockey, diskette, diskless, diskman, Disney, Disneyland, dispatch, dispatcher, dispel, dispenser, displacement, display, disposer, disrupt, dissolve, distance, distortion, distribution, distributor, disturb, divertimento, divided skirt, divider, divot, French kiss). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ディスクリート , さいし�" (careful, enshrined deity, latest, newest, prudent, reexamination, retrial, review, scrupulous). (various references)

Korean		분리되�" (Detached, separate). (various references)

Manx		discreajagh. (various references)

Norwegian		beskjeden (humble, modest). (various references)

Pig Latin		iscreteday.(various references)

Polish		dyskretny. (various references)

Portuguese		discreto (circumspect, considerate, discreet, reticent, thought-out, unobtrusive, well-thought-out, wizard), descontínuo (discontiguous). (various references)

Romanian		distinct (abstracted, clear, definite, distinct, distinctly, peculiar, separate, unblurred), separat (apart, asunder, detached, distinct, divided, dividual, independently, isolated, segregate, separated, separately, severally, single), abstract (abstract, abstractive, abstractly, abstruse, fine-spun, lunar, notionally, pure, remote). (various references)

Russian		дискретный (discontinuous). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		odvojen (detached, divided, forked, segregate, separate, separated, sequestered), izolovan (incommunicado, isolated, lonely). (various references)

Spanish		discreto (badinage, discreet, gentle, inconspicuous, unobtrusive). (various references)

Swedish		diskret (discreet, discretely, gentle, quiet, unobtrusive). (various references)

Turkish		soyut (abstract, intangible, notional, transcendental), farklı (a far cry, a far cry from, another, different, disparate, dissimilar, distinct, divergent, diverse, divided, hetero-, incompatible, incongruous, otherwise, unlike, variant, varied), ayrık (cleft, cloven, discontiguous, furcate, separate, separated, split, wide apart), ayrı (aloof, another, apart, aside, detachedly, discontinuous, dissimilar, distanced, distinct, divergent, divided, especial, hetero-, isolated, segregate, separate, unconnected). (various references)

Ukrainian		розрізнений (odd, scattered), відірваний (detached), абстрагований, переривчастий (discontinuous, intermittent), дискретний (discontinuous). (various references)

Vietnamese		riêng rẽ (separate), riêng biệt (characteristic, individual, individually, segregate, severally, special, specially, specifically). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Date	Source	Titus Chapter 2, Verse 2
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	PresbutaV nhfaliouV einai semnouV swfronaV ugiainontaV th pistei th agaph th upomonh
Latin	405	Vulgate	Senes ut sobrii sint pudici prudentes sani fide dilectione patientia
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	That elde men be sobre, chast, prudent, hool in feith, in loue, and pacience;
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	That ye elder me be sober honest discrete sounde in the fayth in love and in paciece.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience;
Basic English	1964	Ogden	That old men are to be simple in their tastes, serious, wise, true in faith, in love, and of a quiet mind.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Titus Chapter 2, Verse 2
Cebuano	Agdaha ang mga lalaking tigulang sa pagkamapugnganon sa kaugalingon, nga magmaugdang sila, mabuot, malig-on sa pagtoo, sa gugma, ug sa pagkamainantuson.
Croatian	starci da budu trijezni, ozbiljni, razumni, zdrave vjere, ljubavi, postojanosti;
Danish	at gamle Mænd skulle være ædruelige, ærbare, sindige, sunde i Troen, i Kærligheden, i Udholdenheden;
Dutch	Dat de oude mannen nuchter zijn, stemmig, voorzichtig, gezond in het geloof, in de liefde, in de lijdzaamheid.
Finnish	vanhat miehet olkoot raittiit, arvokkaat, siveät ja uskossa, rakkaudessa ja kärsivällisyydessä terveet;
French	Dis que les vieillards doivent être sobres, honnêtes, modérés, sains dans la foi, dans la charité, dans la patience.
German	den Alten sage, daß sie nüchtern seien, ehrbar, züchtig, gesund im Glauben, in der Liebe, in der Geduld;
Haitian Creole	Pale ak granmoun gason yo pou yo fè tout bagay ak mezi, pou yo fè respè tèt yo, pou yo kenbe tèt yo anplas, pou yo gen yon konfyans solid nan Bondye, pou yo gen renmen nan kè yo ak anpil pasyans.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Nasihatilah orang laki-laki yang tua, supaya mereka menahan diri, bijaksana dan hidup sebagai orang yang patut dihormati. Mereka harus juga berpegang pada ajaran yang benar dari Allah, mengasihi dengan sempurna dan menderita dengan tabah.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Segala orang tua wajiblah menahan diri, dan sopan, memerintahkan dirinya, dan menjadi sempurna di dalam iman dan kasih dan sabar;
Italian	i vecchi siano sobri, dignitosi, assennati, saldi nella fede, nell'amore e nella pazienza.
Latvian	Vecâkiem vîrieðiem jâbût atturîgiem, cienîgiem, prâtîgiem, veselîgiem ticîbâ, mîlestîbâ un pacietîbâ;
Maori	Ko nga kaumatua kia ata whakahaere i a ratou, kia tu kaumatua, kia whai whakaaro, kia ora te whakapono, te aroha, te manawanui:
Norwegian	at gamle menn skal være edrue, verdige, sindige, sunde i troen, i kjærligheten, i tålmodet;
Rumanian	Spune cq cei bqtrkni trebuie sq fie treji, vrednici de cinste, cumpqtayi, sqnqtowi kn credinyq, kn dragoste, kn rqbdare.
Russian	ЮФП�'Щ УФБТ�"Щ �'ЩМЙ �'�"ЙФЕМШОЩ, УФЕ� ЕООЩ, �"ЕМПНХ�"ТЕООЩ, Ъ�"ТБЧЩ Ч ЧЕТЕ, Ч МА�'ЧЙ, Ч ФЕТ� ЕОЙЙ;
Shuar	Antsu aishman katsunt Yusna ainia nu, ju jintintrata. Nampechu, Nánkamas Enentáimcha, esetas Enentáimin arti. Yus tana nuna umirin tura anenain arti. Ni Itiurchatríin Yúsan Enentáimtusar katsuntin arti.
Spanish	que los hombres mayores sean sobrios, serios y prudentes, sanos en la fe, en el amor y en la perseverancia.
Swahili	Waambie wazee kwamba wanapaswa kuwa na kiasi, wawe na busara na wataratibu; wanapaswa kuwa timamu katika imani yao, upendo na uvumilivu.
Uma	Totu'a-totu'a tomane kana nutudui' bona monoto nono-ra, bona ra'inca mpengkatarii kahinaa nono-ra to dada'a, pai' bona po'ingku-ra hewa totu'a to natao rabila'. Pepangala' -ra hi Pue' Yesus kana mantata' mpu'u, ahi' -ra hi doo ngkai nono mpu'u, ntaha-ra hi rala kasusaa'.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "discrete": discretely, discreteness, discretenesses. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Discrete" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aircrete, decreto, descrate, descreate, descreet, descret, descrete, descrite, dicreet, discarte, disceet, discrate, discre, discreat, discreete, discreetest, discret, discretes, discretet, discri, discsrete, diskret, disrceet, disrcete, disreet, disrete, doscreet, Dycetel, Fischetti. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "discrete" (pronounced di'skrē"t)
7	d i' s k r ē" t	discreet.
5	-s k r ē" t	excrete, indiscreet.
4	-k r ē" t	concrete, secrete.
3	-r ē" t	greet, mistreat, retreat, Street, treat.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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	Direct Anagrams: desertic, discreet.
	Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-i-r-s-t"
	-1 letter: cerites, credits, crested, deceits, decries, deicers, diester, dieters, directs, recited, recites, reedits, resited, tierced, tierces.
	-2 letters: ceders, cerise, cerite, certes, ciders, citers, credit, creeds, deceit, deicer, deices, desert, desire, deters, dicers, dieter, direct, direst, driest, edicts, eiders, erects, recite, reedit, resect, reside, resite, rested, retied, reties, screed, scried, secret, steric, stride, terces.
	Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-i-r-s-t"
	+1 letter: depicters, derelicts, detickers, directest, redirects, stridence, trisected.
	+2 letters: cartelised, certitudes, christened, cloistered, coresident, courtesied, decaliters, deciliters, decimeters, directives, directness, directress, discreeter, discreetly, discretely, disrespect, dysenteric, eradicates, indiscreet, intercedes, iridescent, miscreated, pederastic, predicates, rectitudes, restitched, restricted, stridences.
	+3 letters: acidimeters, ascertained, categorised, centralised, considerate, copresident, cordierites, coresidents, credentials, credulities, decertifies, dentifrices, depreciates, deracinates, descriptive, desecrating, desecration, destructive, dielectrics, directories, directrices, directrixes, discernment, discredited, discreetest, disrespects, eviscerated, interceders, intersected, interspaced, mediatrices, misdirected, overdirects, predacities, reaccredits, rededicates, reinspected, rescindment, sclerotized, securitized, sidetracked, stridencies, syncretised, syncretized, viridescent.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
discrete sex	197	discrete distribution	9
discrete mathematics	75	discrete relationship	9
discrete math	59	discrete drum	8
discrete event simulation	49	discrete manufacturing erp	7
discrete sex story	41	discrete manufacturing enterprise resource planning	7
discrete	34	discrete structure	6
discrete encounter	21	discrete mathematics tutorial	6
cosine discrete transform	20	discrete free sex	6
discrete sex com	18	discrete teaching trial	5
discrete manufacturing	15	continuous discrete distribution vs	5
discrete wireless	14	discrete distribution probability	5
cellular automation a discrete universe	13	discrete stenosis subaortic surgical treatment	5
discrete sine transform	13	discrete variable	5
discrete fourier transform	13	discrete math tutorial	5
discrete trial training	13	discrete random variable	5
personals discrete	12	discrete maths	5
discrete history math	11	discrete semiconductor	5
discrete affair	10	discrete math tutor	5
discrete trial	10	discrete time signal processing	4
discrete woman	9	discrete mathematics and its application	4
		discrete photo	4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Discrete

Definition: Discrete

Discrete

Adjective

Specialty Definition: Discrete

Specialty Definition: Discrete

Discrete random variable

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Discrete

Synonym: Discrete

Synonyms within Context: Discrete

Discontinuity

Disjunction

Crosswords: Discrete

Commercial Usage: Discrete

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Usage Frequency: Discrete

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Discrete

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